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Book SynopsisThe underlying theme of Twenty-Five+ Buildings Every Architect Should Understand is the relationship of architecture to the human being, how it frames our lives and orchestrates our experience; how it can help us make sense of the world and contribute to our sense of identity and place. Exploring these dimensions through a wide range of case studies that illustrate the rich diversity of twentieth- and twenty-first-century architecture, this book is essential reading for every architect. With the addition of numerous shorter analyses, this new edition covers an even greater range of architectural ideas, providing students and architects with further inspiration for exploration in their own design work.Architects live by ideas. But where do they come from? And how do they shape buildings? There is no one right way to do architecture. This book illustrates many. Its aim is to explore the rich diversity of architectural creativity by analysing a wide range of examplTrade ReviewEndorsements for Twenty-Five Buildings… (2nd edition)‘Simon Unwin’s new case studies stretch his original analytical agenda beyond its more conventionalarchitectural history and theory parameters: it broadens the topic to open up themes and concerns veryimmediate to current architectural debate. A must-have for all teachers of architecture and their students.’Claude Saint-Arroman, Goldsmiths University (Research), School of Architecture, University of East London, UK‘Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand illuminates a different perspective on understanding and decoding the theories and philosophies of architects through their works across the globe, signifying the regional context in the design process. This book is an exemplary contribution from Simon Unwin to the academic and practical interest of architecture.’T.L. Shaji, Professor, Department of Architecture, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Kerala, India‘Unwin’s writings and drawings harmonize so well, and treat their manifold subject with such surgical precision and care, that they enable the reader who has not visited (in most cases never will visit) these exemplary projects, to feel as though we have entered into them, and felt with our own bodies their widely diverse and often intimate choreographies.’Ted Landrum, Archi-Poet, University of Manitoba, Canada‘In Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand, which expands on the first edition TwentyBuildings, Simon Unwin continues a ‘go slow’ approach to architectural analysis. Eschewing flashy photographs, Unwin uses the classic architectural tools of exquisitely drawn two-dimensional plans, sections, and elevations to analyze systematically each of the twenty-five buildings. A valuable work not only for students of architecture, but for anyone wanting to understand the process of creating spaces forhuman habitation and enjoyment.’Marie-Alice L’Heureux, Architect, Associate Professor, University of Kansas, USATable of ContentsCasa de Chá da Boa Nova (Siza) Mongyo-Te (Kansetsu Hashimoto) CASA DEL OJO DE AGUA (Dewes and Puente) NEUENDORF HOUSE (Pawson and Silvestrin) BARCELONA PAVILION (Mies) TRUSS WALL HOUSE (Ushida Findlay) ENDLESS HOUSE (Kiesler) FARNSWORTH HOUSE (Mies) Glass House (Johnson) Robie House 1 (Wright) LA CONGIUNTA (Märkli) CABANON (Le Corbusier) Hōjōki (Kami no Chomei) ESHERICK HOUSE (Kahn) inc. Vanna Venturi House (Venturi) House VI (Eisenman) The Box (Moss) Temple of the Four Winds (Vanbrugh) MAISON À BORDEAUX (Koolhaas) DANTEUM (Terragni) Louisiana Art Museum (Bo and Wohlert) FALLINGWATER (Wright) VILLA SAVOYE (Le Corbusier) House of the Silver Wedding, Pompeii KEMPSEY GUEST STUDIO (Murcutt) Australian aborigine place-making Place-making on the beach SEA RANCH (MLTW) Place-making in the home VILLA E.1027 (Gray) inc. Tempe à Pailla (Gray) Apollo Pavilion (Pasmore) SANKT PETRI KYRKA (Lewerentz) Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut (Le Corbusier) Royal Villa, Knossos VILLA BUSK (Fehn) VILLA MAIREA (Aalto) Fathy House (Fathy) THERMAL BATHS (Zumthor) Changeability RAMESH HOUSE (R.S. Liza) Mud House, Kerala BARDI HOUSE (Bardi) Robie House 2 (Wright) Fun Palace (Price) VITRA FIRE STATION (Zaha Hadid) MOHRMANN HOUSE (Scharoun) Moll House (Scharoun) Schminke House (Scharoun) BIOSCLEAVE HOUSE (Gins and Arakawa) Turn End (Aldington)

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Book SynopsisAuthored by two architects, Polish Architecture in Contemporary Innovation: Thoughts, Dreams and Places tells a story of buildings that were built in Poland between 1980 and 2020, as architecture developed in the Western world and Japan. Its main focus is public utility buildings which the authors âœhave touchedâ in situ and which have moved them or sparked their interest. The book is divided into three parts: Part I focuses on the problem of creating and shaping architectural form and uses examples of both international and Polish architecture. In this section, the authors pose the question: why is the Pritzker Prize so important? Part II attempts to answer the question of how architecture can change the image of a place. The answer consists of mainly Polish examples of user-friendly architecture, value, and beauty in architecture and place. Part III analyses buildings that were created in contemporary Poland. Examples are listed in groups, according to their function, pointing out forms that were inspired by the culture of the region, the historical culture of the place, or those which are a new quality and are the foundation of the creation of a place. This book aims to demonstrate Polish architectural solutions in the context of contemporary trends in the West, traditionally seen as more technically and technologically developed countries. The floor plans and sections of the buildings presented in the book show the beauty of geometric and formal solutions and give a new and rare perspective on the latest changes in modern Polish architecture. This book will be of interest to architects as well as researchers and students of contemporary Polish architecture and culture and its place in the European and international context.The Polish edition of this book, published in 2021 by the National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning in Warsaw, received the Vitruvius Prize 2022 by the Architecture and Urban Planning Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

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Book SynopsisSarah Derbew brings into brilliant new focus varied portrayals of blackness in ancient Greek literature and art, while critiquing modern classical misappropriations which retroactively project contemporary theories of race and skin color onto archaic settings. This is a compelling contribution to better understanding of representations of blackness in antiquity.Trade Review'Sarah Derbew's impressive first book is a carefully reflective study which is also provocative in the best sense, and a significant intervention in the field of classics. She untangles the vocabulary of race, ethnicity, skin colour and identity to let us see the vested interests and misrecognitions of modern scholarship - and offers a transformative vision of ancient Greek engagements with Africa.' Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek Literature and Culture, University of CambridgeIn Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity, Sarah Derbew provides a radical and desperately needed reframing of Greek antiquity, weaving together a breathtaking range of ancient and modern sources to probe not only the complexity and richness of black presences in the ancient Greek world, but also the modern structures of thought, disciplinary training and even museum curation that have prevented us for far too long from seeing them.' Denise Eileen McCoskey, Professor and Affiliate in Black World Studies, Miami University, Ohio… ambitious and groundbreaking … Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity is proof that the future of classics is already here. It's simply waiting for everyone else to catch up.' Najee Olya, Los Angeles Review of BooksTable of ContentsIntroduction: The metatheater of blackness; 1. Masks of blackness: Reading the iconography of black people in ancient Greece; 2. Masks of difference in Aeschylus's suppliants; 3. Beyond blackness: Reorienting Greek geography; 4. From Greek scythians to black Greeks: Spectrum of foreignness in Lucian's satires; 5. Black disguises in an aithiopian novel; Conclusion: (re)placing blackness; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Recommended translations of primary Greek texts; Index.

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The first book to provide a full history of the development of architectural conservation, A History of Architectural Conservation is considered a landmark publication by architectural conservation students and professionals the world over. Twenty years after its first publication, this new edition of Jukka Jokilehto's groundbreaking book continues the story to bring the history of architectural conservation right up to the modern day. Jokilehto draws on his distinguished career of over 40 years at ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, founded by UNESCO) to provide studies from Europe, the Middle East, the USA, Japan, India, China, Australia and South America. This accessible and well-written introduction to the history and theory of architectural conservation is richly illustrated in full colour and will be an essential go-to guide for students and practitioners worldwide.

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Book SynopsisThe global boom in skyscraperswhy it's happening now, how they're made and what they do to cities and peopleTrade Review"The sheer volume of calculation required to build and keep [supertalls] aloft and functioning is astounding. Al...explains these esoteric technical challenges in lucid fashion...[T]he story of what’s come about in the age of the supertall is gripping." -- Anthony Paletta - The Wall Street Journal"A thoughtful inquiry into the new generations of skyscrapers…There is a lot of rich history here, well and concisely told (and illustrated with superb line drawings, a refreshing change)." -- Paul Goldberger - The New York Times Book Review"Stefan Al draws on the exhilarating history of skyscrapers and his own work as an architect for some of the iconic Supertall structures that are transforming cities around the globe. He then warns us about the environmental and socioeconomic repercussions of this recent phenomenon. The result is a fascinating and necessary book." -- Gwendolyn Wright, author of USA: Modern Architectures in History and Professor Emerita, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University"In Supertall, Stefan Al turns the jumbled skylines of our biggest cities into a powerful story of human possibility. Looking to both past and future, this astonishing synthesis reveals how skyscrapers have made us who we are and can help us become" -- Andrew Blum, best-selling author of Tubes and The Weather Machine

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Book SynopsisNick Dunn is Professor of Urban Design and Executive Director of Imagination, the design research lab at Lancaster University, UK. He is Senior Fellow at the Institute for Social Futures, examining the insights that the arts and humanities can bring to the ways we think, envision, and analyse the futures of people, places, and planet.Paul Cureton is a Senior Lecturer in Design at ImaginationLancaster, and member of the Data Science Institute, Lancaster University, UK. His previous publications include Strategies for Landscape Representation: Digital and Analogue Techniques (2016) and Drone Futures: UAS in Landscape & Urban Design (2020).Trade ReviewImages of future cities are one of the most revealing ways in which hopes, fears and plans about the future are imagined. This wonderful book brings together images of urban futures from a wide range of places, disciplines, histories, media and genres, to dizzying effect. Whether you make images of urban futures, you're interested in studying them, or you're a fascinated spectator, this book is an essential, imaginative, provocative and above all generous resource for thinking about how and why to picture future cities. * Gillian Rose, Professor of Human Geography, University of Oxford, UK *We conceive of the future via the images we make of it. This lavishly illustrated visual history of the city is a powerful reminder of the influence of images on our thinking about the future. It is an asset in times when we need to scan the probable, the possible and the preferable futures that lie ahead. A wonderful and valuable resource. * Maarten Hajer, Professor of Urban Futures, Utrecht University, the Netherlands *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: futures, imagination, and visions for cities 2. Cities of Vision: a visual history of the future 3. Rendering Tomorrow: the impact of visualisation techniques 4. Technological Futures: optimism, science fiction, and infrastructural systems 5. Social Futures: experiments, ephemerality, and experiences 6. Global Futures: challenges and opportunities for collective life 7. Tomorrow’s Cities Today: conclusions and alternative futures References

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Book SynopsisAfter the Fall explores the many traces of fascism that can be found in the architecture and urban form of Rome from its buildings, monuments and piazze, to its street names and graffiti. It reveals how the legacy of this short period in history shaped - and continues to shape - Rome's contemporary cityscape in powerful ways, and examines what this can tell us about the persistence of troubling political and historical legacies in the built environment. Italy's fascist period (1922-1943) is perhaps the least-understood episode of Rome's architectural history. Yet paradoxically those two decades have, arguably more than any other, defined our contemporary view of Rome's world-famous ancient, Renaissance, and Baroque urban landscapes. The book examines the ways in which the fascist regime sought to remake Rome according to its own vision of the past, and surveys the afterlife of Mussolini's architectural and urban projects, from the Roman Masterplan to the Foro ITrade ReviewThis book is not only a rich compendium of case studies of difficult heritage but also a significant contribution to an understanding of postwar architectural culture. Peeling back and reconstructing layers of meaning associated with key works of the Fascist Regime in Rome, the book will make the city more comprehensible and richer in historical associations. Flavia Marcello has illuminated this study with a humanist understanding that would not have been possible a few years ago. * Tim Benton, Open University, UK *After the Fall provides a detailed account of how key sites of fascist Rome have evolved and endured in the last century. Comprised of concise encyclopedic entries on monuments, buildings and sites, it will be a useful guide for all those interested in what has become of fascist Rome. * Stephanie Pilat, University of Oklahoma, USA *Flavia Marcello’s absorbing and richly detailed book explores the ongoing impact of Fascism and Italy’s evolving relationship to its history on Rome’s urban development and built environment. It will be invaluable reading for anyone with an interest in Rome’s historical and contemporary urban topography or in Italy’s complex and contested relationship with its Fascist past. * Sally Hill, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Note on Terms and Acronyms Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Mussolini’s Mark: Tracing the Legacy of Fascism in Rome’s Post-war Urban Planning Chapter 3: The Architecture of Fascist Rome between Politics and Practicality Chapter 4: The Fascist Phoenix: Virgilio Testa and the Resurrection of EUR Chapter 5: Mothers, Martyrs and Military Men: The Changing Meanings of Rome’s Fascist Monuments Chapter 6: Aspirations and Illusions of Control: Re-contextualising Rome’s Fascist Epigraphy A Conclusion for a Centenary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWith a past as deep and sinewy as the famous River Thames that twists like an eel around the jutting peninsula of Mudchute and the Isle of Dogs, London is one of the world's greatest and most resilient cities. Born beside the sludge and the silt of the meandering waterway that has always been its lifeblood, it has weathered invasion, flood, abandonment, fire and bombing. The modern story of London is well known. Much has been written about the later history of this megalopolis which, like a seductive dark star, has drawn incomers perpetually into its orbit. Yet, as Rory Naismith reveals in his zesty evocation of the nascent medieval city much less has been said about how close it came to earlier obliteration. Following the collapse of Roman civilization in fifth-century Britannia, darkness fell over the former province. Villas crumbled to ruin; vital commodities became scarce; cities decayed; and Londinium, the capital, was all but abandoned. Yet despite its demise as a liTrade ReviewExcellent history… Among the most fascinating aspects of this work are Naismith’s careful and cogent explanations on the interpretation of findings and artifacts. * CHOICE *Naismith’s service to old London is heroic. In carefully sorting and untangling its post-Roman rebirth he allows a crucial phase in its long life to take its rightful place in the annals of the great and monstrous city. * The Spectator *Impeccably researched, engagingly written and handsomely presented ... this is a timely reminder that the prominence of London was historically contingent rather than inevitable. * BBC History Magazine *With his deft use of archaeology, the tenuous literary sources and numismatic evidence ... Naismith manages to weave together a very effective account of London’s political and economic development. * Literary Review *Written with an evocative turn of phrase and a sharp eye for interesting detail, Citadel of the Saxons is packed full of information, and impressive in its scope. * Current Archaeology *An essential, impressively informative, and core addition to personal reading lists, as well as community, college, and university library Medieval Studies collections, "Citadel of the Saxons" is a non-fiction history that reads as smoothly as the most well crafted novel. * Library Bookwatch *[The book] give[s] us a strong sense of the richness of early medieval urbanism. * Early Medieval Europe *'Citadel of the Saxons is the first comprehensive treatment of Anglo- Saxon London. Rory Naismith ranges widely across archaeology, coinage and written sources – showing an impressive command of multiple sub-disciplines in the process – to piece together a fresh picture of the early medieval metropolis. Engagingly written yet authoritative, this is everything a history book should be!' -- Levi Roach, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Exeter, author of Æthelred: The Unready‘No one can know yet to what degree Brexit will affect the fortunes of England’s capital. But Rory Naismith’s riveting history of Anglo-Saxon London is a reminder of how – despite all that the city suffered during its first millennium, and the rivalries with which it had to contend – it survived such that possession of it emerged as the key to power during the Norman Conquest. Sacked by Boudicca in the first century, deserted by the Romans in the fifth, economically outdone by Ipswich in the seventh, and overshadowed both by the metropolitan status of Canterbury and York and by the royal glamour King Alfred and his successors bestowed on Winchester, London nonetheless emerged in 1066 as the place where Duke William needed to be accepted and where it was essential for him to stage his coronation. The strength of Rory Naismith’s narrative derives from his mastery of the disparate sources needed to understand London’s developing success. The author’s deep knowledge of the complexities of Anglo-Saxon coinage is matched in this book by an acute sense of the importance of the recent archaeological discoveries that have revealed how the city took shape within, and beyond, and then again within its ancient Roman walls. Anyone who loves London – that “place of the overflowing river” (which is probably the ancient meaning of its name) – will want to buy this superb book.’ -- Henrietta Leyser, Emeritus Fellow and Former Lecturer in History, St Peter’s College, Oxford, author of A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons and of Beda: A Journey Through the Seven Kingdoms in the Age of Bede‘Rory Naismith in his new book displays remarkable control of an extraordinarily diverse range of evidence and constructs a narrative with many unfamiliar details and dimensions. His story begins in Roman Britain, and extends here to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. By virtue of its position on the river Thames, and at the hub of a network of roads, London continued to prosper throughout the Anglo-Saxon period. It was always, the author shows, at the centre of events and was renowned too as a significant centre of commerce. From the foundation of St Paul’s to the building of Westminster Abbey, Dr Naismith ably and authoritatively guides the reader through all the city’s twists and turns, while at the same time bringing to life a rich supporting cast of Mercians and West Saxons, English and Danes. This is an original and compelling account of early London.’ -- Simon Keynes, Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsPreface List of Maps and Figures Abbreviations Timeline Introduction 1. Roman London and its End: First to Fifth Centuries AD 2. Among the Ruins: Post-Roman London 3. London between Kingdoms: c.600–800 4. Lundenwic: 'An Emporium for Many Nations' 5. Alfred the Great and the Vikings 6. London in the Tenth Century: c.900–75 7. Late Anglo-Saxon London 8. London in 1066: The Battle of Hastings and After Notes Select Bibliography Where to See Anglo-Saxon London Index

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Book SynopsisWhile often seen as unplanned or spontaneous, informal settlement is better understood as a mode of production: a co-evolution of architecture, urban design and planning that embodies informal rules and shapes urban development. The Atlas of Informal Settlement is a comparative study of the spatial logic of informal settlement based on mapping and analysing the evolution of urban form (morphogenesis) in 51 contemporary settlements across the planet the first of its kind and a fundamental change in thinking for urban studies and built environment professionals. Each of the 51 case studies uses maps and aerial photographs to examine key stages of development, showing how informal settlement adapts to different contexts of political economy, topography, culture, climate and land tenure; revealing a complex range of actors from settlers and states to land mafias and pirate developers. It demonstrates the range of design processes and formal outcomes; how the infoTrade ReviewThe Atlas demonstrates the indispensable value that is generated by investigating the spatial logic of informal settlement, as this exposes factors often overlooked in broad-brush statistics and geospatial analysis based on artificial intelligence. Focusing on fifty-one sites, the Atlas offers a nuanced spatial analysis at different scale levels and reveals the processes and outcomes of self-organized urban design. In doing so, it offers learnings for context-sensitive policies for affordable housing and neighbourhood infrastructure in rapidly growing cities. * Raf Tuts, Director, Global Solutions Division, UN-Habitat *We know very little about most of the informal settlements that house over a billion urban dwellers. This book advances and deepens our understanding of these settlements‘ development and expansion over time in all their diversity and complexity. * David Satterthwaite, International Institute for Environment and Development *This is a vital empirical consolidation of the heterogeneous ways urban settlements are being composed and governed. The "informal" is always extending itself across new terrain and vernaculars; something always being worked and worked on in incessant processes of becoming unsettled and resettled. * AbdouMaliq Simone, Urban Institute, University of Sheffield *Table of ContentsList of figures List of authors Acknowledgements Part A INTRODUCTION: Informal Settlement as a Verb Part B METHOD: Mapping Informal Assemblages Part C SETTLEMENT Part D MORPHOGENESIS: The Spatial Logic of Self-Organized Urban Design Part E REFERENCES Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisCombining architectural and social history, this open access book tells for the first time the in-depth story of Scotland's new towns. One of the most significant episodes in modern architectural, urban and social history, Scotland's postwar new towns offered new housing, new ways of life and new jobs. Begun between the late 1940s and the late 1960s, the new towns East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Irvine were a key element of the planned Welfare State, attracting international attention and widespread publicity. These were places of architectural innovation, and economic and social change. Building Modern Scotland tells a new history of the new towns, combining architectural and social history to illustrate what was planned, what was built, and how these places were experienced by the communities who lived and worked in them. It positions the new towns at the heart of modern Scottish history, showing how they represented an ambition to make a modern, transfor

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Book SynopsisA hundred years ago, a team of archaeologists in the Valley of the Kings made a remarkable discovery: a near-complete royal burial, an ancient mummy, and golden riches beyond imagination. The lost tomb of Tutankhamun ignited a media frenzy, propelled into overdrive by rumours of a deadly ancient curse. But amid the hysteria, many stories - including that of Tutankhamun himself - were distorted or forgotten. Tutankhamun: Pharaoh, Icon, Enigma takes a familiar tale and turns on its head. Leading Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley has gathered ten unique perspectives together for the first time: that of the teenage pharaoh and his family, ancient embalmers and tomb robbers, famous Western explorers and forgotten Egyptian archaeologists. It's a journey that spans from ancient Thebes in 1336 BCE - when a young king on a mission to restore his land met an unexpected and violent end - to modern Luxor in 1922 CE - as the tomb's discovery led to a fight over ownership that continuTrade ReviewTyldesley pieces together as clear a picture as possible of the pharaoh's life, death and afterlife, using expert insight and a wealth of evidence to illuminate a compelling character and his universe. * Book of the Month, BBC History Revealed *[A] spirited and interesting account that sifts through the surviving evidence and seeks to combat the widely held belief that Tutankhamun was an insignificant king * Minerva *Highly readable . . . the importance of discovering the truth - rather than the myths, rumours and scandals of the past century - comes to the fore. * Mail on Sunday *[An] authoritative history . . . A thoughtful new account of Tutankhamun's life and afterlife. * The Times *

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Book SynopsisDue to its location in the western North Atlantic some 600 miles off the Carolinas and halfway between Halifax in Canada and Jamaica in the West Indies, the island of Bermuda was a key naval haven for the Royal Navy over the centuries. It was vital for the Navy first in the development of its American colonies, then during its rivalry with the United States, and finally as allies with the United States. The need to defend its 64 miles of coastline and ports has resulted in the construction of about 50 forts from 1617 to 1945, even though its total land mass is only 20.6 square miles. This led to an incredible concentration of fortifications with 2.5 forts for every square mile. Today, the legacy of these defense efforts remain either as disused structures or parks scattered throughout Bermuda, many of them now popular tourist attractions. Using stunning commissioned artwork and meticulous research, this is the fascinating story of Britain''s Gibraltar of the West.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chronology The Colonial Period 1612–1783 The Imperial Period 1783–1897 The First, Second and Cold War 1897–1995 Aftermath and Today Bibliography/Further Reading Glossary and Armament Gazette Appendixes Index

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Book SynopsisJess Berry is Senior Lecturer Design History Theory at Monash University, Australia.Trade ReviewThe sections pertaining to the history of the couture houses and individuals are clearly written and well researched, and the illustrations throughout are well chosen. The wide–ranging use of sources show an impressive amount of research on a range of disciplines, all of which is well referenced and well indexed, which makes this book a good research resource ... Thorough and interesting. * The Journal of Dress History *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. Fashion, Modernity and the Interior 2. Setting the Stage: Salons of Seduction 3. Private Settings, Public Lives: Defining Artistic Identity through the Home 4. Architects of Dress Reform 5. Framing the Modern Woman: Performing Fashionable Lifestyles 6. Behind the Curtain: Staging Craft in the Atelier in the Golden Age of Couture 7. Decadent Decors: Designing Desire through Boutique Display 8. Beyond Modern: An Overview of the Relationship Between Fashion and the Interior from 1960 to the Present Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSuperbly illustrated with photographs by acclaimed photographer Edwin Smith, along with a selection of contemporary images and a preface by Colin McLean, this book is a classic work of economic and social history, and a fascinating account of the shaping of one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

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Book SynopsisMonumental cares rethinks monument debates, site specificity and art activism in light of problems that strike us as monumental or overwhelming, such as war, migration and the climate crisis. The book shows how artists address these issues, from Chicago and Berlin to Oslo, Bucharest and Hong Kong, in media ranging from marble and glass to postcards, graffiti and re-enactment. A multidirectional theory of site does justice to specific places but also to how far-away audiences see them. What emerges is a new ethics of care in public art, combined with a passionate engagement with reality harking back to the realist aesthetics of the nineteenth century. Familiar questions can be answered anew: what to do with monuments, particularly when they are the products of terror and require removal, modification or recontextualisation? And can art address the monumental concerns of our present?Trade Review'The book is a provocative volume that is academically rigorous, and it will enrich the public debate on commemoration with its sophisticated reflections on notions of temporality and authenticity of historical markers, siting, and public participation, at a moment when monuments have been at the forefront of political activism.'Tijana Vujosevic, Art Margins‘Against the notion that monuments are things of the past, Widrich shows them to be generative of a contemporary art movement that is reclaiming historic places as laboratories for new artistic experiments centred around an ethic of care. She illuminates how artists are expanding what it means to care for monuments beyond the conservation of historic materials, to include looking after their capacity to conjure the collective imagination and direct it towards possible futures. At a time when collective action seems thwarted by the intractable forces of climate change and political injustice, Widrich reveals the capacity of art to jolt the collective nerve into more ambitious forms of care. A tour de force.’Jorge Otero-Pailos, Professor and Director of Historic Preservation, Columbia University‘Monumental cares is a well-crafted intellectual accomplishment, inviting readers to think with care and nuance about monuments as instructions about what the public sphere is or could be. Mechtild Widrich turns to the ethics of care to open up the fundamental question of what monuments in shared public space are about. There are very few books that so compellingly make the argument that monuments are not of the past, but about how we collectively care for changing the present and the future.’Elke Krasny, Professor for Art and Education at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, co-editor of Critical Care: Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet'Mechtild Widrich brings to the fore key questions of contemporary approaches to monumentality, and shakes these further. Moving with agility across a wide range of detailed case studies, this book makes a compelling case for a layered perspective that sees the monumental in its complex and interrelational potential: as history materialised through art in multidirectional interactions with time, space and their mediation. It is a book that refuses simplistic solutions, reminding us of the vital role of the public sphere in confronting and commemorating our shared histories and of the importance of an ethics of care in doing so.'Jacek Ludwig Scarso, Reader in Art and Performance, London Metropolitan University'Monumental Cares: Sites of History and Contemporary Art presents a significant intervention in the art history of public art that makes site-specificity its key term. The book is also a bold contribution to contemporary debates about monument activism.Throughout Monumental Cares, Widrich confronts the difficulties posed by public art that grapples with political violence, touching on polarizing contemporary concerns about migration, climate change, and state sanctioned as well as ongoing everyday violence against people across the globe. Ultimately, the book is a plaidoyer for the careful maintenance of public space through monuments and markers that help audiences—past, present, and future—to navigate the multiplicity of sites that articulate shared and multidirectional histories. Monumental Cares also makes the case for the importance of multidirectional art history, opening the field, it is to be hoped, for more to follow.'CAA Reviews, Caroline Schopp'The book addresses those debates but its project is also broader, looking at the power of images and artworks to address violence. The book is also centrally concerned with the kinds of public sphere to which the reception of images and artworks give rise, especially in combination with myriad forms of digital mediation.'21 Inquiries, Adair Rounthwaite -- .Table of ContentsWho cares? An introduction1 The sites of history2 Cold War in stone – and plastic3 Materializing art geographies4 Reversing monumentality5 Reflections6 Drawing pain: political art in circulation Caring about monuments: a conclusionIndex

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Book SynopsisWhat was served at President James K. Polk’s White House dinners? What foods graced the table of John Sevier, Tennessee’s First Governor? In Taproots of Tennessee, Lynne Drysdale Patterson answers these questions and more, exploring nearly two centuries of Tennessee foodways. Readers will discover that Tennessee taste encompasses the exquisite, such as President Polk’s French-inspired Croquettes Poulet with Bechamel Sauce and General James Winchester’s spoils-of-the-hunt Roast Goode with Wild Rice and Wild Fox Grape Stuffing, to simpler fair, including Dr. Humphrey Howell Bate’s fried pies and Alex Haley’s boyhood menu of sweet tea and Southern staples.Patterson takes readers on a historical and culinary tour of the Tennessee Historical Commission’s seventeen state historic sites with a collection of period foods from each site and menus with updated recipes for the twenty-first century food enthusiast. Patterson’s site histories provide readers with a journey through the accounts of Tennessee’s early settlers, their homesteads, cookery, schoolhouses, stage coach stops, and religious life. Her site recipes range from historic offerings, such as peaches from General Daniel Smith’s Rock Castle State Historic Site orchard fashioned into a delectable peach pound cake-potentially shared with neighbors Andrew and Rachel Donelson Jackson-to more modern representations of historic foodways, such as Scottish-influenced Scotch Barley Soup and Scotch Egg likely eaten by Sam Houston.From homes of Tennessee’s first families to stagecoach stops in the 1830s, from Civil War command posts to rural schoolhouses, foodies and academics alike will delight in this compendium of Southern recipes, served with a generous helping of history.

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Book Synopsis‘Somerville knows more about wooden barn construction than almost anyone alive.’—The Telegraph ‘A joyful reminder of why nature, being outside, being together and creating beauty is so good for the soul.’—Kate Humble, broadcaster and author of A Year of Living Simply ‘For all our advances, it’s hard to deny the modern world brings with it new ills of disconnection and disenfranchisement, but here in Barn Club they’ve found their cure.’—Barn the Spoon, master craftsman and author of Spōn Nature meets traditional craft in this celebration of the elm tree, beautiful buildings and community spirit. Barn Club calls on us to discover our landscapes more intimately and to explore the joys of making beautiful things by hand, together. When renowned craftsman Robert Somerville moved to Hertfordshire, he discovered an unexpected landscape rich with wildlife and elm trees. Nestled within London’s commuter belt, this wooded farmland inspired Somerville, a lifelong woodworker, to revive the ancient tradition of hand-raising barns. Barn Club follows the building of Carley Barn over the course of one year. Volunteers from all walks of life joined Barn Club, inspired to learn this ancient skill of building elm barns by hand, at its own quiet pace and in the company of others, while using timber from the local woods. The tale of the elm tree in its landscape is central to Barn Club. Its natural history, historic importance and remarkable survival make for a fascinating story. This is a tale of forgotten trees, a local landscape and an ancient craft. This book includes sixteen pages of colour photographs, and black and white line drawings of techniques and traditional timber frame barns feature throughout.Trade ReviewBooklist– "The opening chapters read like a prose poem; Somerville's love for nature and natural things is infectious." "A joyful reminder of why nature, being outside, being together and creating beauty is so good for the soul."—Kate Humble, broadcaster and author of A Year of Living Simply"For the reader who wishes to resist the gathering pace of modern life and take time to learn from the past, the tale of hand-raising a barn the old-fashioned way brings nature, community and craftsmanship together in an enduring and satisfying feeling of a job well done."—Gillian Burke, co-presenter of BBC’s Springwatch, writer and biologist‘For all our advances, it’s hard to deny the modern world brings with it new ills of disconnection and disenfranchisement, but here in Barn Club they’ve found their cure. The emphasis on hand-tool workmanship places value on what an individual can achieve without the use of machines and smartphones; the size of the project necessarily brings people to work together. A common goal that requires purposeful physical work whilst being able to talk without shouting over loud machinery or just being able to tune into the flow of work and the soothing sounds of the rhythmic tools. Could this book sow the seeds of community barns springing up all over our fair land? A space for communal well-being, an opportunity for everyone, not just the privileged, to connect with the nurturing nature of trees and craft?’ —Barn the Spoon, master craftsman and author of Spōn"In today’s ego-techno-centred world, Robert Somerville’s tale of elm trees, hand tools, timber framing and comradery is a welcome relief. His “Barn Club” approach is a way forward that utilises local traditions, local materials and local hands to create a built environment that is more harmonious with the natural world and of course more beautiful. Now, if every community around the world had one of these Barn Clubs, how nice would that be?"—Jack A. Sobon, architect, timber framer and author of Hand Hewn"Elm trees may have been devastated by Dutch elm disease but they are still with us and should not be forgotten, as Robert Somerville powerfully shows. Natural history, ancient crafts and a group of twenty-first-century volunteers meet in this book to show us how elms can reconnect us to nature, past cultures and one another. A beautiful and timely book with a barnful of good ideas."—Professor Richard Buggs, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew"Robert Somerville is to be congratulated for his understanding of the entomology and pathology involved in Dutch elm disease, which in addition to its devastation of British elms also resulted in the loss of over 300 million American elms. His book should find a ready readership among do-it-yourselfers, whose home improvement projects have multiplied in this Covid environment."—John Hansel, founder, Elm Research Institute

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Book SynopsisHodges Figgis Book of the Year 2023 Maps are essential tools in finding our way around, but they also tell stories and are great depositories of information. Until the twentieth century and the arrival of aerial images, a map was the best way of getting a sense of what a city looked like on the ground. Through a carefully chosen selection of maps, the book traces the growth and development of Dublin from the early seventeenth century to the present day, offering a fascinating snap-shot of how the city has changed over time. Whilst the maps recount the big stories – the impact of major forces such as the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 or the effects of the Easter Rising in 1916 and the Civil War in 1922 – they also tell the smaller tales such as the creation of a colony of Irish speakers in the late 1920s and the arrival of parking meters and how they changed how people could use the city centre. Together with maps that reveal much about the famous buildings, transport, health, trade, life and work of the city, this book is a fascinating portrait of Dublin through the ages which offers many new perspectives on one of Europe’s great cities.Trade Review'An absolutely fascinating and beautiful book using maps to help us understand the growth and development of Dublin over time… I can’t emphasise enough how gorgeous the book is' -- Dr. Miranda Melcher * New Books Network *'A fascinating new book... an eclectic, illuminating cornucopia of unusual maps ... judiciously selected and explained by Brady and Ferguson' * Irish Independent *'A fine, solid, beautifully produced book ... wonderfully filled with information, written with a crisp clarity' * The Irish Catholic *'an eclectic, illuminating cornucopia of unusual maps, stretching back to 17th century charts to help sea captains approach the narrow entry into Dublin Bay . . . You may never have thought that a city planner once contemplated using gondolas to ease traffic congestion, or another felt that the solution lay in using flying boats, but you would be wrong' * Irish Independent *

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Book SynopsisNorfolk is a county sadly rich in "lost" country houses; this account and gazetteer offer a comprehensive account of them. Winner of the general non-fiction category in the East Anglian Book Awards 2016. The country houses lost from the landscape since the late nineteenth century exercise a peculiar grip on the English imagination, seeming to symbolise the passing of a world of taste and elegance, of stability and deference: a world destroyed by modernity. This important new book argues that most previous studies of the subject have been characterised by nostalgia and vagueness, and by a tendency to exaggerate the scale of the destruction and simplify its causes. It presents a balanced, systematic analysis of country house losses in Norfolk, discussing the scale and chronology of destruction. The authors argue that the loss of great houses was not an entirely new development of the twentieth century, they explain the varied reasons why houses were abandoned and destroyed, and they explore the archaeological traces which these places, their gardens and parks, have left in the modern landscape. Their arguments are illuminated by a full and lavishly-illustrated gazetteer. This book, the results of many years of fieldwork and documentary research, will be essential reading for all those interested in the history of the country house, in the development of the post-medieval landscape, and in the archaeology and history of the county of Norfolk. Tom Williamson is Professor of Landscape History at the University of East Anglia; Ivan Ringwood is an independent historical researcher; Sarah Spooner is Lecturer in Landscape History at the University of East Anglia.Trade ReviewInvaluable for scholars exploring the architectural, environmental and landscape legacy of the country house in Norfolk...Excellent book. * LANDSCAPE HISTORY *It is authoritative and meticulously researched on both physical and documentary evidence. For anyone interested in the history of Norfolk, this is an important reference tool. * REFERENCE REVIEWS *The fascinating gazetteer here, from Appleton Hall to Wroxham House, includes many examples you can't help but wish somehow had made it through intact to the modern era. * EASTERN DAILY PRESS *Table of ContentsLost Country Houses Norfolk Houses: early losses Norfolk Houses: the twentieth-century losses Lost Country Houses in the Landscape Conclusion: The Death of the Country House? Gazetteer Appendix

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Book SynopsisFrom the monumental splendour of Tower Bridge and the august span at Westminster to the engineering masterpieces at Ironbridge and the Forth, bridges comprise some of the most recognisable landmarks in Britain. Whether the smallest arch or the largest overpass, each has a rich architectural, economic, social and sometimes even religious history. This beautifully illustrated introduction by Richard Hayman explains how piety built and maintained bridges in the Middle Ages; how economic forces inspired a new generation of road bridges in the eighteenth century, such as the Menai Bridge in North Wales, and how technological prowess gave us soaring Victorian railway viaducts and the concrete road bridges of the twentieth century.Table of ContentsAcross the Water Medieval Bridges Road Bridges Aqueducts and Railway Bridges Steel and Concrete Further Reading Places to Visit Index

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Book SynopsisThis celebration of some of the greatest art, architecture and furniture to be found in English churches offers a fascinating account of centuries of accumulated wealth, and is set off by a selection of breathtaking photographs by Matthew Byrne. It covers changing architectural styles across the centuries, and prominent examples of artistic work, including stained glass, rood screens, church monuments and curious carvings. This book is published in association with The National Churches Trust, a national, independent charity dedicated to supporting church buildings across the UK.Trade ReviewThis book will be a sheer delight for anyone who enjoys the magnificent artefacts to be found in our metropolitan cathedrals and remote parish churches. * Parish Pump *The Treasures of English Churches will make your soul soar. -- Harry Mount * Catholic Herald *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction The Art of the Early English Church Norman England: A New Sculpture of Power and Domination Stained Glass at Canterbury Cathedral Medieval Musicians at Beverley, East Yorkshire Masterpieces of Medieval Woodcarving The Contribution of the Medieval Painters Village Life: A Year in the Life of a Medieval Peasant Village Life: Medieval Life from Birth to Death The Monuments: The Theatre of Piety The Monuments: The Theatre of Pomp and Pride The Monuments: The Theatre of War The Monuments: The Theatre of Pathos Jacobean and Baroque Woodwork Portrait of a Cotswold Churchyard Eighteenth-Century Interiors Victorian Interiors: The Beauty of Holiness Curiosities: Oddities and Bygones The Nation Remembers the Wars Modern Art

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Book SynopsisIn 1812 the architect Sir John Soane (1753-1837) wrote a strange and perplexing manuscript, Crude Hints towards an History of my House in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, in which, in the guise of an Antiquary, he imagines his home as a future ruin, inspected by visitors speculating on its origins and function. Never published in his lifetime, the manuscript has been meticulously transcribed and provided with an explanatory Introduction and footnotes by Helen Dorey, Deputy Director and Inspectress of Sir John Soane’s Museum. Originally published as part of an exhibition catalogue sixteen years ago, this new edition has been extensively revised and updated. The text is accompanied by nineteen illustrations, seventeen of them in full colour.Table of ContentsCrude Hints: an Introduction ; Note on the Manuscript ; Transcript of Crude Hints towards a History of my House ; Notes to the transcript

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Book SynopsisEdward Schroder Prior designed the cathedral of the Arts and Crafts Movement (St Andrew's Church, Roker), perfected the popular butterfly plan in his houses, and published what is still the seminal work on medieval gothic art in England in 1900. Highly regarded by critics such as Ian Nairn, Prior is sometimes considered to have narrowly missed out on a place in the architectural pantheon of his age, alongside contemporaries such as Charles Voysey and William Lethaby. The result of extensive archival and field research, Edward Prior - Arts and Crafts Architect sheds new light on Prior's architecture, life and scholarship. Extensively illustrated, it showcases Prior's work in colour, including many of his architectural drawings and photographs of most of his extant buildings. Prior is the missing link of the Arts and Crafts Movement, in both a theoretical and a practical sense, as he was possibly the only practitioner who genuinely translated the artistic theories of Ruskin and Morris into architectural reality. He went on to found the School of Architecture at the University of Cambridge in 1912.

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Book SynopsisThe story of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life is no less astounding than his greatest architectural works. He enmeshed himself eagerly in myth and hearsay, and revelled in the extravagance of his creative persona. Throughout his long career, Wright strongly resisted the suggestion that his accomplishments owed anything to earthly influences. As much as he wanted his achievements to be recognised, he wanted them to be unaccountable – but they are not. This book reveals for the first time how his unbreakable self-belief and startling creative defiance both originated in the liberal religious and philosophical attitudes woven into his personality during his childhood – deliberately so by his mother and by his many aunts and uncles, to honour the fierce Welsh radicalism of their ancestors.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Family Tree: Significant Ancestors of Frank Lloyd Wright Timeline Introduction Part 1 The Church in the Wilderness Chapter 1 A Rural Enlightenment Chapter 2 Bards of Liberty Chapter 3 Remittance Part 2 Lloyd Jones Chapter 4 Lessons in the Land of the Free Chapter 5 The Valley Chapter 6 Anna had Chosen an Englishman Chapter 7 A Child’s Garden Chapter 8 The Book of Creation Part 3 Lloyd Wright Chapter 9 The Grammar of Ornament Chapter 10 Simplicity and Repose Chapter 11 Spoiled First by Birth Chapter 12 Art and Craft of the Machine Chapter 13 The Protestant Chapter 14 The Shape-Shifter Chapter 15 The Genius Chapter 16 The Unitarian Chapter 17 The Welshman Bibliography Image Accreditation

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Book SynopsisThis is the first major study to comprehensively analyze the art and architecture of the archdiocese of Bari and Canosa during the Byzantine period and the upheaval of the Norman conquest. The book places Bari and Canosa in a Mediterranean context, arguing that international connections with the eastern Mediterranean were a continuous thread that shaped art and architecture throughout the Byzantine and Norman eras. Clare Vernon has examined a wide variety of media, including architecture, sculpture, metalwork, manuscripts, epigraphy and luxury portable objects, as well as patronage, to illustrate how cross-cultural encounters, the first crusade, slavery and continuities and disruptions in the relationship with Constantinople, shaped the visual culture of the archdiocese. From Byzantine to Norman Italy will appeal to students and scholars of Byzantine art, the medieval Mediterranean and the Italo-Norman world.Trade ReviewThis is a fascinating look at the important mid-sized port city of Bari during the pivotal centuries of the transition from Byzantine to Norman authority in the region. Vernon deftly shows us that Bari was a town attentive to its wide-ranging connections with important sites in both the contemporary and ancient Mediterranean world. Exploring these connections through the lens of Bari’s buildings and monuments, Vernon brings our focus to the town’s efforts to demonstrate its economic prowess and its participation in the papal reform movement, crusading, and cutting-edge artistic developments. -- Sarah Davis-Secord, Associate Professor of History * University of New Mexico, USA *

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Book SynopsisWe spend our lives moving through passages, hallways, corridors, and gangways, yet these channeling spaces do not feature in architectural histories, monographs, or guidebooks. They are overlooked, undervalued, and unregarded, seen as unlovely parts of a building's infrastructure rather than architecture. This book is the first definitive history of the corridor, from its origins in country houses and utopian communities in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, through reformist Victorian prisons, hospitals, and asylums, to the "corridors of power," bureaucratic labyrinths, and housing estates of the twentieth century. Taking in a wide range of sources, from architectural history to fiction, film, and TV, Corridors explores how the corridor went from a utopian ideal to a place of unease: the archetypal stuff of nightmares.

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Book SynopsisOne of the most brilliant and original authors and architects of the entire Renaissance, Leon Battista Alberti's output encompassed engineering, surveying, cryptography, poetry, humour, political commentary and more. He employed irony, satire and playful allusion in his written works, and developed a sophisticated approach to architecture that combined the ancient and modern. Born into the Florentine elite, Alberti was nonetheless disadvantaged due to exile and illegitimacy. As a result, he became an acute analyst of the social institutions of his time, as well as a profoundly existential writer who was intensely preoccupied with the human condition. This new account explores Alberti's life and works, examining how his personal and intellectual preoccupations continually pushed him to engage with an ever-broader spectrum of Renaissance culture.

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Book SynopsisThis collection seeks to explore alternative definitions of bounded identities, facilitating new approaches to spatial and architectural forms. Taking as its starting point the emergence of a new sense of ‘boundary’ emerged from the post-19th century dissolution of large, heterogeneous empires into a mosaic of nation-states in the Islamic world. This new sense of boundaries has not only determined the ways in which we imagine and construct the idea of modern citizenship, but also redefines relationships between the nation, citizenship, cities and architecture. It brings critical perspectives to our understanding of the interrelation between the accumulated flows and the evolving concepts of boundary in predominantly Muslim societies and within the global Muslim diaspora. Essays in this book seeks to investigate how architecture mediates the creation and deployment of boundaries and boundedness that have been devised to define, enable, obstruct, accumulate and/or control flows able to disrupt bounded territories or identities. More generally, the book explores how architecture might be considered as a means to understand the relationship between flows and boundaries and its implication of defining modern self. The essays in this volume collectively address how the construction of self is primarily a spatial event and operated within the crucial nexus of power-knowledge-space. Contributors investigate how architecture mediates the creation and deployment of boundaries and boundedness, how architecture might be considered as a means to understand the relationship between flows and boundaries and its implications for how we define the modern self. Part of the Critical Studies in Architecture of the Middle East series. Table of ContentsList of Figures vii Acknowledgements xiii Introduction: Confining Contingency 1 Farhan Karim Chapter 1. Housing Others: Design and Identity in a Bedouin Village 21 Noam Shoked Chapter 2. Building for the Lost Lands: Ottoman Architects in Mandatory Palestine and the Case of Hassan Bey Mosque 51 Müjde Dila Gümüs¸ Chapter 3. The First Aussie Mosques: Mediating Boundaries despite the ‘White Australia’ Policy 77 Katharine Bartsch, Md. Mizanur Rashid, and Peter Scriver Chapter 4. Architecture of Exclusion: The Savujbulagh-i Mukri Garrison, Border-Making, and the Transformation of the Ottoman-Qajar Frontier 111 Nader Sayadi Chapter 5. Staging Baghdad as a Problem of Development 139 Huma Gupta Chapter 6. Tehran’s Decentralization Project and the Emergence of Modern Socio-Spatial Boundaries 167 Elmira Jafari and Carola Hein Chapter 7. Reconstructing the Muslim Self in Diaspora: Socio-Spatial Practices in Urban European Mosques 193 Elisabeth Becker Chapter 8. The Search for the Mosque of Florence: A Space of Negotiated Identities 219 Hanan Kataw Chapter 9. The Rome Mosque and Islamic Center: A Case of Diasporic Architecture in the Globalized Mediterranean 237 Theodore Van Loan and Eva-Maria Troelenberg Chapter 10. One House of Worship with Many Rooves: Imposing Architecture to Mediate Sunni, Alevi, and Gülenist Islam in Turkey 253 Angela Andersen Chapter 11. Architectural Modes of Collective Identity: The Case of Hizbullah’s ‘Mleeta Tourist Landmark of the Resistance’ in South Lebanon 277 Heike Delitz and Stefan Maneval Chapter 12. The Bangladesh Liberation War Museum and the Inconclusivity of Architecture 309 Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi Contributor Biographies 353 Index 359

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Book SynopsisAn ambitious history of Britain told through the stories of twenty-five notable structures, from the Iron Age fortification of Maiden Castle in Dorset to the Gherkin. Building Britannia is a chronicle of social, political and economic change seen through the prism of the country's built environment, but also a sequence of closely observed studies of a series of intrinsically remarkable structures: some of them beautiful or otherwise imposing; some of them more coldly functional; all of them with richly fascinating stories to tell. Steven Parissien tells both a national story, tracing how a growing sense of British nationhood was expressed through the country's architecture, and also examines how these structures were used by later generations to signpost, mythologise or remake British history. Rubbing shoulders with some 'expected' building choices – the Roman baths at Aquae Sulis, the early Gothic splendour of Lincoln Cathedral and the Tudor jewel that is Little Moreton Hall – are some striking inclusions that promise to open doors into what will be, for many readers, less familiar areas of social history: these include The Briton’s Protection, a Regency pub close in Manchester city centre and the Edwardian Baroque Electric Cinema in Notting Hill, one of the country's oldest working cinemas. Thus as well as identifying the relevance of certain iconic structures to the unfolding of the national story, Building Britannia finds fascination and meaning in the everyday and the disregarded.Trade ReviewSteven Parissien has an extraordinary ability to present the complex story of buildings with both wisdom and humour; each chapter in this book is a memorable cultural encounter with place, each illuminating in different ways the shifting story of British nationhood. * Jeremy Musson *An ingeniously personal journey through British history written with authority, flair and humour. * Jacqueline Riding *Steven Parissien brings a fresh eye and a new perspective to Britain’s architectural history. A hugely enjoyable read, both erudite and entertaining. * Adrian Tinniswood *This book offers a surgically precise section through the nation to reveal – with great clarity – how people have lived and built in Britain during the last 2,600 years. Erudition and insights coupled with lightness of touch makes Building Britannia as entertaining as it is informative. * Dan Cruickshank *Steven Parissien vividly recaptures the rich variety of life in ancient and historic Britain in just twenty-five buildings, getting to the heart of each structure and revealing what motivated people to create it. The range here is extraordinary, from an Iron Age hill fort to Paul McCartney’s post-war family home in Liverpool. Building Britannia is a remarkable book, full of surprises. * Francis Pryor *Thoroughly enjoyable * Country and Town House *PRAISE FOR STEVEN PARISSIEN: 'The most stunning art books of the year' Sir Roy Strong, Sunday Express. 'An outstanding work of reference and beauty' Interiors Magazine. 'There's plenty here to fuel the petrolhead and the social historian for many miles' Literary Review. 'A read to fascinate anyone interested in the history of the industry' Daily Express. 'A beautiful, highly original book' * Apollo Magazine *

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Book SynopsisJulian Munby has gained a reputation over half a century in many branches of archaeological and historical knowledge, from his meticulous publication of the medieval timber structure of 126 High Street and his later elucidation of Tackley's Inn from J. Buckler's nineteenth century records when he was an undergraduate, to more recent work on the Historic Towns Atlas for Oxford. He has taken in the publication of the medieval castle at Portchester, the roofs of Chichester and many other cathedrals, the landscape history of Levens Park, Westmorland, the Round Table at Windsor Castle and the Field of the Cloth of Gold. He is an enthusiast for the history of Antiquity, topographical art, and for reading historical sources in the original.His lively and warm character and sense of fun has made him many friends who also in some sense feel they are his pupils, and this collection of papers has been assembled as a tribute. The first part comprises a preface by the editors,

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Book SynopsisAn ancient island with a romantic history and lush green landscape, Ireland’s culture stretches back to the time of St Patrick and the first Christian monks and includes the Norman invasion, clan wars, mass emigration and partition in the early 20th century. Today, remnants of the country’s heritage can be found in every corner of this fascinating land, from the thinly inhabited west coast to the modern, populated areas of Leinster. There are thousands of ruined castles, abbeys, churches, ancient sites, houses and mills spread around the island of Ireland. Abandoned Ireland offers you a substantial taste of the most intriguing of these. In Abandoned Ireland, discover Athassel Abbey on the banks of the River Suir and the largest medieval priory in Ireland; marvel at the imposing Carrigogunnel Castle, destroyed during the second siege of Limerick in 1691; explore Carrigglas Manor, a turreted fairytale exterior with a bloody history; see Hilden Mill, a former factory with ghostly sightings; explore the creepy, overgrown ruin of Ennis District Lunatic Asylum in County Clare; and wander the ruins of Rinn Dúin (“fortified headland”) overlooking the River Shannon, a key military and trading town fought over by Norman barons and Irish chieftains. Illustrated with 180 photographs, Abandoned Ireland provides a fascinating pictorial exploration of the little-known corners of this enchanting land.Table of ContentsContents includes: Castles and Houses: Dunamase Castle, County Laois Menlo castle Leamaneh Castle, County Clare Ballycarbery Castle, County Kerry Ballinskellig Castle - Ring of Kerry Carbury Castle, County Kildare Dunluce Castle, County Antrim Minard Castle, Dingle Bay, Kerry Castle MacGarrett, County Mayo Ballygrennan Castle, County Limerick Graystown Castle, County Tipperary Castle Otway, County Tipperary Lackeen Castle, County Tipperary Fiddaun Castle, County Galway Kinbane Castle - Northern Ireland Kincasslagh, County Donegal Castle Saunderson, Belturbet, Cavan Duckett’s Grove, Carlow Rock of Dunamase, Southwest of Dublin Carrigogunnel Castle, County Limerick Tyrone House, County Galway Rockstown Castle, County Limerick Carrigglas Manor, County Longford Cahercon House, County Clare Cairndhu House, County Antrim Transport, Industrial and Urban: Old Red Iron Bridge, Kilkenny Loughglynn Convent, County Roscommon O’Shea’s Pub – made famous by the Guinness commercial Connacht District Lunatic Asylum (Former) city mortuary at Forster Green Hospital, County Down Ennis District Lunatic Asylum / Our Lady’s Hospital, County Clare Logistics ship, River Shannon Parkmore narrow gauge station, N. Ireland Adare Railway Station Allihies Copper Mine, West Cork Victorian Coast Guard station at Fanad Head Castle Saunderson, Belturbet, Cavan Mayfield House, County Waterford Hilden Mill, County Antrim Religious Place & Islands: Kilkishen Church in County Clare Rathronan Church, County Tipperary St John’s Church, Ballymoe, Galway Lackagh Church, Kildare Derralossory Church, County Wicklow Newgrange, Ireland – Stone Age passage tomb Cahergal & Leacanabuile Ring Fort Ballinskelligs Abbey Muckross Abbey Fore Abbey Athassel Abbey, County Tipperary Hore Abbey Bective Abbey Mellifont Abbey Jerpoint Abbey Corcomroe Abbey Rinn Dúin, the old Gaelic name, means“fortified headland Islands: Bishop’s Island’s Ruins, County Clare Devenish, Northern Ireland Great Blasket Innisfallen Inishmurray Skellig Michael

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Book SynopsisThe first major illustrated study of this unique medieval art form for almost half a century, surveying the images and iconography that made the medieval church a riot of colour. Highly Commended in the Best Archaeological Book category of the 2008 British Archaeological Awards. Wall paintings are a unique art form, complementing, and yet distinctly separate from, other religious imageryin churches. Unlike carvings, or stained glass windows, their support was the structure itself, with the artist's "canvas" the very stone and plaster of the church. They were also monumental, often larger than life-size images forpublic audiences. Notwithstanding their dissimilarity from other religious art, wall paintings were also an integral part of church interiors, enhancing devotional imagery and inspiring faith and commitment in their own right, and providing an artistic setting for the church's sacred rituals and public ceremonies. This book brings together, often for the first time, many of the very best surviving examples of medieval church wall paintings. Using newtechnologies and many previously untried techniques, it allows us to visualize these images as the artists originally intended. The plates are accompanied by an authoritative and scholarly text, bringing the imagery and iconography of the medieval church vividly to life. ROGER ROSEWELL was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University. A former journalist, he is a Director of a private European art foundation and the news editor of the online stained glass magazine, VIDIMUS.Trade ReviewPerhaps the crowning achievements of the book are the gazetteer, the subject/place guide, and the bibliography which [...] will provide students and tourists with an invaluable and accessible source. Credit too, must go to Boydell for the exemplary and extensive colour illustrations which make this publication really stand out from the crowd. * CHURCH ARCHAEOLOGY *Put simply, if you want to know more about medieval church wall paintings than the brief descriptions contained in the average church guide then this is the book to have. [...] The whole of the book is both a joy and an inspiration. * NORFOLK MEDIEVAL GRAFFITI SURVEY *An enticing introduction to a fascinating subject, a visual feast with an eminently readable text. [It] will be valuable to scholars and students of church architecture alike. * ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY *A magnificent paperback edition [and] an indispensable guide not just to the works' artistic value but to its theological importance. * THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW *This is a thorough and richly illustrated guide to an art form many travelers know little about. [...] All in all, I highly recommend Medieval Wall Paintings in English and Welsh Churches to anyone interested in the Middle Ages, art, or travel in England in Wales. It's the perfect mixture of art, history, and guidebook, something I wish the travel industry would give us more of. * GADLING BLOG, AOL TRAVEL *It requires enormous effort of the imagination to envisage how our churches must have looked when every surface was covered with crowded, bright, sometimes very beautiful [...] paintings. This book is the best possible guide to those pre-Reformation times. * SUFFOLK VIEW *

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Book SynopsisGothic style transformed the urban landscape from the mid 19th century. In this new book, discover how leading architects reinterpreted Medieval buildings to create a dynamic style which spread from Victorian England to the other side of the Atlantic. In this full colour illustrated guide the author uses his own drawings and photographs to show the reader some of the leading buildings of the time, and explain how to identify the style on more ordinary houses and how to recognise the details inside and out which characterise it. Trevor Yorke is a hugely popular artist and writer about architectural themes. His books include British Architectural Styles; Georgian & Regency Houses Explained , and Art Deco House Styles.

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Book Synopsis______________________________The huge word-of-mouth bestseller – completely updated for 2019THE LONDON THAT TOURISTS DON’T SEELook beyond Big Ben and past the skyscrapers of the Square Mile, and you will find another London. This is the land of long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories. Welcome to DERELICT LONDON: a realm whose secrets are all around us, visible to anyone who cares to look . . . Paul Talling – our best-loved investigator of London’s underbelly – has spent over fifteen years uncovering the stories of this hidden world. Now, he brings together 100 of his favourite abandoned places from across the capital: many of them more magnificent, more beautiful and more evocative than you can imagine.Covering everything from the overgrown stands of Leyton Stadium to the windswept alleys of the Aylesbury Estate, DERELICT LONDON reveals a side of the city you never knew existed. It will change the way you see London. ______________________________PRAISE FOR THE DERELICT LONDON PROJECT‘Fascinating images showing some of London’s eeriest derelict sites show another side to the busy, built-up capital.’ Daily Mail‘Talling has managed to show another side to the capital, one of abandoned buildings that somehow retain a sense of beauty.’ Metro‘Excellent . . . As much as it is an inadvertent vision of how London might look after a catastrophe, DERELICT LONDON is valuable as a document of the one going on right in front of us.’ New Statesman‘From the iconic empty shell of Battersea Power Station to the buried ‘ghost’ stations of the London Underground, the city is peppered with decaying buildings. Paul Talling knows these places better than anyone in the capital.’ Daily Express‘[London has an] unusual (and deplorable) number of abandoned buildings. Paul Talling’s surprise bestseller, DERELICT LONDON, is their shabby Pevsner.’ Daily Telegraph______________________________Trade ReviewThe stories behind some of London's most neglected buildings have been revealed in a fascinating new book...[that] will take people on a journey to long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions, gently decaying football stadiums around London. * Daily Mail *Beyond London's glimmering skyscrapers and grand institutions, there is a twilight zone of burnt-out factories and decaying mansions. Few people know this world as well as Paul Talling. * The Londonist *

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Book SynopsisIn Ruskin's Venice: The Stones Revisited, photographer Sarah Quill has selected passages from Ruskin's The Stones of Venice and has linked them to her own photographs of Venetian architecture, so creating a fascinating guide that fuses Ruskin's vision of the city with images of the present day. Covering a wide range of subjects from palaces, churches and town houses, to bridges, courtyards and capitals Quill's glorious photographs illuminate Ruskin's words and record with skill and precision the fine architectural details described by him.This edition of Sarah Quill's bestselling book incorporates up-to-date views of buildings which have been cleaned since originally photographed. Several of Ruskin's watercolours are included, with extracts and reproductions from his Venetian notebooks, now publicly available, and some of his original daguerreotype photographs of Venice. Sarah Quill's expert editorial annotations and commentary, incorporating extracts from Ruskin's letters from Venice, enhance our understanding of Ruskin's text and provide an essential linking thread throughout. The book has been completely re-designed to be even more user-friendly as both a reference book and a guide for travellers to Venice. The result is a beautifully illustrated book that successfully communicates Ruskin's passion for Venice and concern for the city's architectural heritage. Uniting the historical with the present day, Ruskin's Venice: The Stones Revisited is a unique companion guide for both seasoned and first-time travellers to Venice, and will leave the reader determined to retrace Ruskin's footsteps time and time again.Table of ContentsPreface; Chronology; Ruskin and Venice by Alan Windsor; Before 'the Stones': Ruskin's early impressions of Venice; The Stones of Venice - Byzantine; The Stones of Venice - Gothic; The Stones of Venice - Renaissance; After 'the Stones': Ruskin's later engagement with Venice; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography and recommended reading; List of sites; Index

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Book SynopsisThose involved in the creation of public spaces think a great deal about the users of those spaces. Users think little, if at all, about those who create them. There are many: planners, developers, investors, contractors, special-interest groups, governments from local to national, and above all in this book, designers. The complex sets of relationships in which the designer is enmeshed remain largely unknown, as does the effect of those relationships on the public spaces they design. In ‘super-diverse’ cities like London, a successful public realm, where people can be together in trust and tolerance, is essential. A city’s commitment to design quality indicates a commitment to civic health. In the interests of such commitment, the book asks: What should public space ‘design intentions’ be today?; Who is ‘the public’ of public spaces?; What can/should designers do to protect the ‘publicness’ of public spaces?; Was state financed public space mid-20th century of any higher quality than privately financed public space today?; How significant is the shift from commissioning architects to design public spaces mid-20th century to commissioning landscape architects and public realm architects today?; Does emptiness in public spaces have a value?; Does retail in public spaces narrow the range of people visiting them?Trade Review'Hagan's work is cleanly presented and a recommended book both for studying and browsing.' – Darryl Chen, The London SocietyTable of ContentsPart 1: The 'Public' of Public Space; Chapter 1: The partiality of participation; Chapter 2: Public space is always conditional; Part 2: The 'Space' of Public Space; Chapter 3: British architects and their ideas of the urban; Part 3: Public Spaces; Chapter 4: Four Modernist public spaces; Chapter 5: Four Contemporary public spaces; Conclusion

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Book SynopsisBy examining the studios and studio-houses used by British artists between 1900 and 1940, this book reveals the ways in which artists used architecture – occupying and adapting Victorian studios and commissioning new ones. In doing so, it shows them coming to terms with the past, and inventing different modes of being modern, collaborating with architects and shaping their work. In its scrutiny of the physical surroundings of artistic life during this period, the book sheds insight into how the studio environment articulated personal values, artistic affinities and professional aspirations. Not only does it consider the studio in terms of architectural design, but also in the light of the artist’s work and life in the studio, and the market for contemporary art. By showing how artists navigated the volatile market for contemporary art during a troubled time, the book provides a new perspective on British art.Trade Review'The illustrations, so often in a book of this kind an assemblage of what-we-can-get, have been carefully chosen and offer a pithy counterpoint to the themes of the narrative. All-in-all, it’s a worthwhile and informative read.' – Henry Malt, The Artist'The illustrations, and the author’s passion for the topic, bring the period and its artistic environment to life.' – Karyn Hinkle, Visual and Performing Arts Librarian, Lucille C. Little Fine Arts Library, University of Kentucky, ARLISTable of ContentsSection I: Legacies; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Section II: The Studio as Home; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Section III: After the Victorians; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Envoi/Conclusion

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Book SynopsisArchitecture through Drawing examines how drawing – as both action and object – encapsulates complex ideas relating to culture, technology, space and the built environment. Bringing together an array of beautiful and rarely seen drawings dating from the sixteenth century to the present day, all representing different geographical locations, techniques, methodologies and purposes, the book defines a new field for the subject of the drawing in architecture. It reveals the motives for architectural drawing beyond the requirement to document the processes that underpin the realisation of the architectural object. This book asks, fundamentally, whether drawings can illuminate new interpretations of architectural experimentation. Examples range from initial sketches by architects to analytical and construction drawings, perspectives and schematics, collage and more complex presentations and paintings often carried out in association with others. Dialogues include Fabrizio Ballabio on Filippo Juvarra’s Ottoboni Theatre; Desley Luscombe on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; Mark Dorrian on Michael Webb; Nicholas Olsberg on Victorian architects William Butterfield, Norman Shaw and GE Street; Charles Rice on James Gowan; Laurent Stalder on perspective in postwar housing; Helen Thomas on the covers of San Rocco; John Macarthur on clouds; Markus Lähteenmaäki on Superstudio; and Erik Wegerhoff on the Viennese Auto-Expander. The volume is rounded off with an epilogue, ‘The Limits of Drawing’, by Adrian Forty and Sophie Read.Table of ContentsIntroduction/Prologue: Drawing as Protagonist; Part 1. Origins of Architectural Ideas; Part 2. Transformational Drawing; Part 3. Spatial representation; Part 4. Technology and Conversation; Part 5. Presentation, Technique, Affect; Postscript/Epilogue: The Limits of Drawing

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a rich and rewarding history of houses in England through the stories of nine houses, dating from the 1600s to the 1980s, which have been inhabited by the author, an architect and academic. Chronologically ordered, the book covers rural vernacular houses from the 17th Century, Georgian and Victorian townhouses, villas and converted industrial buildings, Edwardian semis and 20th-century council housing and mixed tenure new developments. Firstly reflecting on the author’s own experience of the house, each chapter then examines its historical context, before making a detailed analysis of the buildings design and layout, usefully illustrated with architectural drawings. Each chapter concludes with a useful discussion of lessons learnt from each house/historic period and compares them with contemporary houses which use similar materials, construction techniques or ideas. It not only details the evolution of the design and construction of houses through the centuries, but also includes concise but highly informative sections on the history of various types of construction and materiality, such as brickmaking and timber and steel frame; sections on conversion and adaptive reuse and what works and what doesn't; the evolution of styles; housing density; ownership; and the three broad waves of council/social housing etc. On reflecting on her own experiences, the author provides useful insights into how we relate to our homes, how they shape and affect us and the value and meaning of the home.Table of Contents1. Yearnor Cottage (1651): rural vernacular tradition; 2. Priestpopple (~1700): a small-town brewery continuously reinvented for its time; 3. Gower Street (1789): the growth of Georgian London; 4. Orchard Place (1824): a Regency villa that fell on hard times; 5. Wharf Place (~1902): warehouse loft-living and yuppies; 6. Bradwell Road (1902): an Edwardian semi-detached house absorbed into a New Town; 7. Haberdasher Street (1912): model dwellings for workers; 8. The Gloucester Grove (1977) and North Peckham Estates: a London ‘sink estate’; 9. Elm Village (1984): the first mixed tenure estate.

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Book SynopsisA contemporary of Soane, Nash and Pugin, Decimus Burton (1800–1881) was one of the most prolific architects of his day and is best known for his work in London’s Royal Parks, including: the Wellington Arch and the Serpentine pavilion in Hyde Park; villas and terraces in Regent’s Park and the London Zoo; the Temperate house at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; and the layout and architecture of the seaside towns of Fleetwood and St Leonards-on-Sea, and the spa town of Tunbridge Wells. Other projects include the Atheneum Club, Pall Mall, Adelaide Crescent in Brighton, and Phoenix Park in Dublin. Despite his success, little is known about Burton and this book is the first to fully examine his work, from his early years and his father’s influence, through his apprenticeship with John Nash, his works in private practice and his growing reputation, to his exploits in town planning and glass houses. This is set within a fascinating social and political context, with stories of conflict and heated dispute amongst the key players which paint a vivid portrait of the architectural profession and construction industry during this period. It reappraises Burton’s legacy and summarises his significant achievements and reveals how he contributed to the birth of the picturesque style that was to develop into the Arts and Crafts movement. Trade Review'Burton was a prolific designer of significant structures, both public and private. He certainly deserved to have a monograph, and Rabbitts’s is thorough and well illustrated.' – The Art Newspaper'Rabbitts has done a service in painstakingly chronicling the achievement of one of the leaders of the Victorian architectural profession, and for this he deserves congratulation.' – The VictorianTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Early Years; 2. The Nash Years; 3. A Growing Reputation; 4. Domestic Works and Phoenix Park, Dublin; 5. Town Planning and Estates; 6. Great Glasshouses: From Chatsworth to Kew; 7. Latter Days and Legacy. A Gazetteer of Burton’s Work. Notes. Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn Housing Atlas, beautifully drawn plans, sections and elevations illustrate nearly a hundred of the most important European housing schemes of the 20th century, a period when architects addressed the multiple challenges of modern urban living and responded with an array of innovative solutions. Today, architects are revisiting these designs as they seek answers to the current housing crisis. Chronologically ordered, this is an essential survey of these key housing projects, produced by a pan-European team of leading scholars. Complete with contextual essays, the studies each include a history and analysis of the projects and the drawings are presented in a way that makes them readily comparable.Table of ContentsForeword. Forays and Crossings in the European City: The Long History of the 'Short' Century:Tools for the Design of Contemporary Housing, by Orsina Simona Pierini. Tradition and Innovation in Twentieth-Century European Housing Design, by Dick van Gameren. Liminal Spaces in Twentieth-Century Residential Architecture: A Place In Which to Learn How to be a Citizen, by Carmen Espegel. The Fall and Rise of the Street in Twentieth-Century Housing, by Mark Swenarton. 87 Case Studies. Acknowledgements.

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Book SynopsisThe Front Room: Diaspora Migrant Aesthetics in the Home, originally published in 2009, has become a beloved and much-praised source, providing fascinating revelations into the post-war British experience of immigrants, the decoration of their living spaces and their position in society in relation to decolonisation. The 'front room' (emanating from the Victorian parlour) provides an outlet to respond to the feelings of displacement, exile and alienation and the rebuilding of a home in a strange land. Primarily concerned with Caribbean homes, The Front Room also looks at Moroccan, Surinamese, Antillean and Indonesian migrant groups in Holland—encompassing, through texts, archival documents and artistic photographs, the important cultural markers that are expressed through the domestic interiors of migrants. The author examines how this intimate space within the home raises issues of class, race, migration, aspiration, religion, family, gender, identity and alienation. He also looks at the transition from the colonial post-colonial modernity by placing the book in the context of his own family’s migrant experience. While this revised edition includes updates of the original essays from leading social commentators Stuart Hall, Denise Noble, Carol Tulloch and Dave Lewis, as well as poems by Khadijah Ibrahiim and Dorothea Smartt, and paintings by Sonia Boyce, Kimathi Donkor and Njideka Akunyili Crosby. It also examines the iteration of the 'front room' in post apartheid South Africa and discusses how sound system culture emerged from the front room, as well as adding to the rich oral histories from different generations reflecting on their personal experiences of the front room and discussing the artefacts and objects found in them in terms of their cultural significance. The Front Room documents how the 'Windrush' generation's settlement in Britain contributed to the making of multicultural society, and raises questions about our lived experience and notions of the ‘home’, as many more people globally look for a roof over their heads in the 21st century. The book is richly illustrated with intriguing photographs of installations based on front rooms of the time and the contemporary living room and their associated objects.Trade ReviewSelected as one of FAD Magazine's 'Top Art Books To Read This Summer', 2023: 'This is an interesting look at how the front room of a household of first generation immigrants reflects their values, culture and the history of colonialism – a fascinating topic. It’s largely focused on Caribbean households, but the display cabinets and doilies also reminded me of my own parent’s household.' – Tabish Khan, FAD MagazineTable of ContentsGrandad's Home Brew by Khadijah Ibrahiim; Diaspora Migrant Aesthetics in the Front Room; The 'West Indian' Front Room by Stuart Hall; The Arrivants; The Pardner Hand, Green Shield Stamps and Mr Sheen; The top ten things in the Front Room; Front Room Angel by Dorothea Smartt; Children ... in the Front Room!; Dressed by Women and Used by Men - 'A Room of her own' by Denise Noble; Familial Dress Relations and the West Indian Front Room by Carol Tulloch; Saturday Night, Sunday Morning; Rebellion, Revolts and Resistence; Van Huis Uit: The Living Room of Migrants in the Netherlands; the Front Room 'Inna Joburg'; Returnees and Remittances; A Time Has Passed.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers the first critical account of Studio Aalto’s religious modern architecture. Aalto’s ecclesiastical oeuvre is viewed as an evocative subgenre of the practice's portfolio, but its relationship to religion has eluded enquiry. Where previously discussed, the longstanding collaboration between Aalto and the Church has been put down to reciprocal expediency, and the buildings perceived as spatially and structurally stirring experiments, yet devoid of religious meanings or implications. The idiosyncratic plasticity of the Church of the Three Crosses (1955–58) in Imatra, Finland—the most famous and architecturally impressive of Aalto’s churches—is cited as ultimate evidence of Aalto’s exploitation of the religious brief for the creation of a 'sculptural irrationality'. This book challenges the assumed autonomy of Studio Aalto’s ecclesiastical oeuvre from religion. Analysing designs for churches, parish centres, funerary chapels and cemeteries in Finland, Denmark, Germany and Italy, the book shows that Aalto’s engagement with religion transcended artistic opportunism. The book addresses Aalto’s sacred oeuvre in its entirety, yet pays particular attention to the Church of the Three Crosses, broadly considered the apotheosis of Aalto’s sacred career. Through a detailed analysis of the religious actors and factors that shaped the design and construction of Aalto’s sacred works—from local parish building committees to bishops, and from liturgical reform movements to post-war debates on sacred art—this book shows that religious influences were neither extrinsic nor peripheral to Aalto’s modernism, but intrinsic and intimately related to it. The study of previously uncovered primary archival materials establishes that Aalto’s engagement with the Church was a consciously and productively symbiotic partnership which drew from shared interests and values, yet which also encompassed compromise and conflict. The resultant buildings neither glorify nor deny institutional religion — instead, this book argues, they challenge rigid dogmatism in religion as much as in modern architecture.Trade Review'While the book travels deep into specifically Finnish territory, the questions it raises have strongly universal dimensions for all modern architecture.' - Timothy Alouani-Roby, IndesignTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Building Country and Community. 2. The City and the Sacred. 3. Making a Modern Church. 4. Resisting Reform. 5. Modernist Milieux of Religion. 6. Priestly Patronage. 7. The Gift of Doubt. 8. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisHenry Flitcroft was first employed by the leading aristocratic architect of the time, Richard Boyle, Lord Burlington, who helped him to establish his long career. Flitcroft had about 50 clients over 40 years, working for many dynasties, including the royal family, the Bedfords, the Yorke/Hardwickes and the Malton/Rockinghams. Remarkably, he was employed regularly by the Duke of Montagu and his family from 1725 to 1765, and the Hoare family from 1728 to his death in 1769, and was responsible for some of the great country houses of the period including Wimpole, Woburn Abbey and Wentworth Woodhouse. This is the first book which details his life and examines his complete body of work. It sets Flitcroft within his social context, providing insights into those for whom he worked as well as his fellow architects. Flitcroft waged fierce battles to maintain his professional positions at Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s and the documents are revealed here for the first time. The book dissects the dramatic story of Flitcroft's insane son and the legal cases that ensued which link Flitcroft and G.E. Street, who inherited Flitcroft's own house in Hampstead. In addition, Flitcroft’s furniture designs are assessed and his notable churches and London buildings including Chatham House, Benjamin Franklin House and Pushkin House. Finally, his last great project at Stourhead is re-examined.Trade Review‘It is excellent that Lund Humphries has brought out a well-produced volume devoted to the oeuvre of Henry Flitcroft, arguably the most significant Georgian architect of whom most people have never heard. Carefully researched and conscientiously written, Gill Hedley’s new volume provides seemingly comprehensive coverage of every Flitcroft project, executed or not, that is currently known, so is most unlikely to be superseded.’ – Roger White, Country LifeTable of ContentsIntroduction by Sir Charles Saumarez-Smith. 1: Hampton Court, Apprencticeship and Lord Burlington. 2: Twickenham, Marriage and Bower House. 3: Amesbury, Montagu House and St Giles-in-the-Fields. 4: St Giles-in-the-Fields. 5: Wentworth Woodhouse and Ditchley. 6: St Olave’s, Savannah, Stoke Edith, Wimborne and Frognal. 7: Wimpole and Hampstead. 8: Shobdon, Windsor and Woburn. 9: Stourhead. 10: Stourhead, Redlynch and Kingston House. 11: Henry Flitcroft, Junior. 12: Reputation

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Book SynopsisSimms and his team's meticulous work are proof positive that well-built social housing can add immensely to the tone and style of a city. His work remains a touchstone and an inspiration.

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